Raymond Wesley Starr was a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Born in Harbor Springs, Michigan

Harbor Springs, Michigan

Harbor Springs is a city and resort community in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,567 at the 2000 census.Harbor Springs is in a sheltered bay on the north shore of the Little Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan. The Little Traverse Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse on...

, Starr received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School

University of Michigan Law School

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 in 1910. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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 from 1910 to 1937, and was then Attorney General of Michigan from 1937 to 1938, thereafter returning to private practice until 1941. He was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

Michigan Supreme Court

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 from 1941 to 1946.

On July 3, 1946, Starr was nominated by President Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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 to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

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 vacated by Fred Morton Raymond

Fred Morton Raymond

Fred Morton Raymond was a United States federal judge.Born in Berlin, Michigan, Raymond received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan in 1899...

. Starr was confirmed by the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 on July 23, 1946, and received his commission on July 25, 1946. He served as chief judge from 1954 to 1961, assuming senior status

Senior status

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 on August 15, 1961. Starr served in that capacity until his death, in 1968.

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